Kashif Abbasi (
Punjabi, ur, ) is a Pakistani journalist, television talk show host and anchorperson based in
Islamabad
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. He hosts the current political talk show ''Off the Record'' on the news channel
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Personal life
His mother, Shahnaz Abbasi, passed away in 2020. In November 2011, Abbasi announced his marriage to
Dunya News
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journalist
Meher Bukhari. In June 2012, his wife became involved in a
mediagate scandal involving property tycoon
Malik Riaz
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Criticism
In January 2020,
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
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(PEMRA) banned the broadcast of Abbasi's programme ''Off the Record'' on ARY News for 60 days, following
Faisal Vawda's appearance on his show alongside
Qamar Zaman Kaira and Senator
Muhammad Javed Abbasi.
See also
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Meher Bukhari
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Waseem Badami
References
Living people
Pakistani male journalists
Pakistani television talk show hosts
People from Islamabad
Punjabi people
1974 births
ARY News newsreaders and journalists
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